Mark’s Sunday book review this week is rather a short one. Although to be fair, I think most everyone in Great Britain was at a wedding this weekend so it only stands to reason that he might have been a bit pressed for time.
In any case, his pick this week is “On the Moor; Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk” by Richard Carter, FCD
Ever since I began reading the Seasons Anthology from Elliott & Thompson, I have been increasingly finding myself paying more attention to the genre of non-fiction called “place” writing. Focused on the interactions of people (either the writer or others) with a particular location in conveying the Zeitgeist of the place to the reader, place writing incorporates a wide range of elements from history to psychology – and of most interest to me, nature.